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EVE Online's Barges and Exhumers Getting A Revamp

Make way -- EVE Online's redesigned barges are coming in. This is to encourage selecting a barge that more specifically fits your own style of play, rather than forcing you into a standard linear progression from worst barge to better.

Mining barges and exhumers are now collectively known as just "barges." Here's a list of changes from the EVE blog:

- Current mining frigates are no longer going to be mining frigates.
- We are going to make a new ORE mining frigate.
- Mining Barges and Exhumers are getting the "tiericide" treatment, where they will have specific roles rather than being a linear progression from worst at mining to best at mining.
- Procurer and Skiff will have good defence.
- Retriever and Mackinaw will have large ore holds.
- Covetor and Hulk will have good mining output.

More specific details can be found at the aforementioned blog, for those of you familiar with the crazy deep world of EVE and looking to discover just how these changes will affect you.